English
aerate
Aerate comes from Latin aer ‘air’, from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-1‘to dawn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ewsér1‘in the direction of dawn, east’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*auhḗr1reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾱ̓ήρ1āḗr‘mist’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaer1‘air’
- Englishtodayaerate1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English aerate
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-Wiktionary, English aerate‘to dawn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ewsérWiktionary, English aerate‘in the direction of dawn, east’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*auhḗrWiktionary, English aeratereconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾱ̓ήρWiktionary, English aerateāḗr‘mist’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaerWiktionary, English aerate‘air’
- EnglishtodayaerateWiktionary, English aerate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to dawn’
or, east, exhaust, aurora, aureus, aurelia, aural, oriel, oriole, austral, aurum, 57 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér ‘in the direction of dawn, east’
easter, eastward, aura, 15 more
through Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr
malaria, aerial, aeroplane, 12 more
through Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist’
through Latin aer ‘air’
Today it means
verb To supply with oxygen or air.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “aerate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- / aerate